Filago pygmaea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 927. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 6704.

Replaced synonym of: Filago acaulis L. (1767), nom. illeg.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Burser XV(1): 12 (UPS); [icon] in Vaillant in Mém . Acad. Roy. Sci. Paris 1719: 314, t. 20, f. 9. 1719; [icon] in Barrelier, Pl. Galliam: 89, t. 127. 1714; [icon] in Bauhin, Prodr. Theatri Bot.: 122. 1620.

Current name: Filago pygmaea L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: Alavi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 107: 51. 1983) and Jeanmonod (in Gamisans & Jeanmonod, Compl. Prodr. Fl. Corse, Asteraceae I: 97. 1998) wrongly indicated an Allioni collection (1041.1 LINN), not received by Linnaeus until 1757, as type.